If you have metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), you may need to work with several types of healthcare professionals.
In this video, learn who may be on your care team to treat MASLD and MASH, according to Alyson Fox, MD, MSCE, Transplant Hepatologist at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center.
Alyson Fox, MD, is the Medical Director of the Adult Liver Transplant Program at Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center. She specializes in a variety of liver conditions, including viral hepatitis, alcohol-related liver disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, and liver cancer.
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. (2021). Definition & facts of NAFLD & NASH.
Sharma, B., et al. (2023). Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. StatPearls.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (n.d.). When to refer patients with cirrhosis to gastroenterology or hepatology.
Wong, V. W. S., et al. (2022). Management of NAFLD in primary care settings. Liver International.
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